Device for protecting safe-vaults.



No. 856,075. PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

- E. v. LOR'IG & U. G. GRAHAM.'

DEVICE POR PROTEGTING SAFE VAULTS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1e, me.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.,

EMANUEL V. LOB-IG AND ULYSSES G. GRAHAM, OF SOUTH OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

DEVICE FOR PROTEQTING SAFE-VAULTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application iled March 16, 1,906- Serial No. 306,455.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, EMANUEL V. LORIG and ULYssEs G. GRAHAM, citizens of the United States, and residents of South Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Device for Protecting Safe-Vaults, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in a device for protecting safe-vaults or other compartments, and is especially designed to be used where an alarm is desirable when the safe or compartment is tampered with by unauthorized persons.

It has for an object, among others, not only to provide a means to act with certainty in giving alarms, but also at the same time to extinguish iire which may be in or near its location at the time the alarm is sounded, and at the same time, by the generation and distribution of noxious gases, drive away burglars or other unauthorized persons.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecii'ication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of our improved device on the line 11 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1, and taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1

The numeral 1 indicates a casing of metal or other suitable material, having a block 2 made integral therewith or otherwise secured in the casing, for purposes hereinafter described. At one side of the casing is formed a boss 3, having a screw-threaded aperture 4, from which leads a smaller aperture 5 into the block 2. The aperture 5 is screw-threaded for a portion of its length adjacent to the aperture 4, and is provided at its opposite end with a valve seat 6. From the valve seat 6 a substantially C-shaped channel leads through the bottom of the block, and has at its lower end a threaded portion, into which is screwed a pipe 7 leading almost to the bottom of the casing 1. Adjacent to the valve seat 6 a vertical chan- -nel 8 leads from the aperture 5 upward through the center of a threaded boss 9 screwed into the upper face of the casing, the

boss 9 being an integral portion of a cup 10. In the in'ner upper edge of the cup 1() screw threads are provided, into which screws a cap 11, provided with apertures 11a in its upper face, and seated on a diaphragm 12 held against a shoulder in the cup. A smaller diaphragm or membrane 13 is seated and securely held over the channel 8 by the boss 9. A needle 14 is vertically held and secured to the center of the diaphragm 12 by means of a nut and shoulder on the needle. Said needle extends above and below the diaphragm 12, and has a point at its lower end substantially in contact with the diaphragm or membrane 13. Said needle at its upper end passes through a guide in the center of the cap 11, and carries near its extreme outer end a pin 15. At one side of the cup 10 and below the diaphragm 12, is secured a whistle 16 of any suitable construction. gi

Seated on the valve seat 6 is a valve 17 carried on a spindle 18, having an enlarged screw-threaded portion engaging the screw threads in the aperture 5, and projecting beyond' the boss 3 of the casing through a stuffing-box 19 screwed into the aperture 4 and also through a nut 20 for jamming the stuffing 21 in the box, thereby making a water-tight joint about the spindle 18. of the spindle 18 is fixed an angular lever 22, consisting of two vertical arms and an intervening horizontal arm, the horizontal arm passing over the cap 11 to a point near its center, from which point the upper vertical arm extends and has fixed to it two parallel pins 15a, adapted to engage with .the pin 15 and-hold the needle 14 against vertical movement.

Pivotally connected to the upper end ofthe lever 22 is a bar 23, passing through a guide 24 carried by the cup 10, the bar 23 being adapted to contact with the door of a safe or other compartment 25 by the roller 26. In the casing 1 a carbonated or other gaseous liquid or a noxious gas, is carried to about the height shown by the line 1a, leaving an upper chamber for the compression of such gaseous iiuid or noxious gas. The diaphragm or membrane 13 is 4made of a strong tenacious substance, capable of withstanding the pressure ofthe gaseous liquid or noxious gas, when the valve 17 is open, but is adapted to be easily punctured by the needle 14.

To the outer end IOO The operation of the device is as follows: The device is placed in a safe or compartment and secured to the door 25 by thelever 23 or operated by the roller 26, as shown in Fig. 2, or in any other suitable manner, or may be entirely detached from the door. If secured to the door or operated by the roller 26, the pins 15L will engage the pin 15 when the door is open and prevent any vertical movement of the needle 14, and the lever 22 will be in such position as to exactly secure the valve 17 through the spindle 18 aglinst the valve seat 6, the lever being adjustable on the spindle for this purpose. Upon closing the door, the lever will disengage the pins 15a and 15 and open the valve 17, allowing the gaseous liquid to come in contact with the under surface of the diaphragm or membrane 13. In this position, any hammering, shock or other vibration, either from the eX- terior or interior of the safe will cause the needle 14 to puncture the diaphragm 13, allowing the compressed gases and liquid to escape into the cup 10 and out through the whistle 16, which acts to blow the whistle and throw out a tire-extinguishing liquid and gas, thereby attracting attention and extinguishing any ire which may be thereabout.

Although we have shown the device as coupled to, and automatically operated by a door, this part of the structure may be dispensed with and the device be operatedby hand. It will also be evident that by placing a noxious gas in the casing 1,the liberation of such gas will not only sound the whistle, but as the gas circulates in the vault or compartment, its fumes will drive away burglars or other persons who unauthorizedly enter the vault or'compartrnent. v

The invention as described is susceptible of numerous modifications, and we desire it to be understood that we claim all such as fall within a fair interpretation of our claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a casing, a cup secured therein, a signal secured to the cup, a diaphragm in the c up, a needle carried by the diaphragm, a membrane vat one end of the needle, a pin at the other end, a valve for closing the passage in the casing, a lever, pins carried by the lever, and means for operating the lever for closing the valve and engaging its pins with the pin of the needle.

2. The combination with a casing, a signal, a vibratory needle, and means adapted to be penetrated by the needle acting to introduce a fire extinguishing medium and sound the signal. l

3. The combination with a casing, a cup secured thereto, a signal carried by the cup, a vibratory needle carried in the cup, and means adapted to be penetrated by the needle and controlling the sounding medium of the signal.

4. The combination with a casing, a cup secured therein, a signal secured thereto, a

diaphragm in the cup, and a needle carried by the diaphragm for controlling the sounding of the signa 5. The combination with 'a casing, a cup secured therein, a signal carried by the cup, a diaphragm in the casing, a needle secured to the diaphragm, and a membrane at the bottom of the cup adapted to be punctured by the needle to operate the signal.

6. The combination with a casing, a cup 'secured therein, a signal secured thereto, a diaphragm in the cup, a cap over the cup, a membrane at the lower end of the cup, and a vibratory needle secured to the diaphragm and passing through the cap and adapted to puncture the membrane for sounding the signal.

7. The combination with a casing, a cup secured therein,` a signal securedthereto, a diaphragm in the cup, a cap over the cup, a membrane at the lower end of the cup, a vibratory needle secured to the diaphragm and adapted to puncture the membrane for sounding the signal, and means for locking the needle in inoperative relation.

8. The combination witha casing, a signal carried thereby, a vibratory needle intermediate the casing and signal, a membrane at the lower end of the needle, a valve con* trolling the passage between the needle and the interior of the casing, and means for simultaneously closing the valve and locking the needle.

9. The combination with a casing, a signal carried thereon, a vibratory needle intermediate the casing, a membrane at one end of the needle, a valve, a screw for operating the valve, and unitary means for o erating the screw to close the valve and oclthe needle in place.

10. In combination with a casing, a cup secured therein, a signal secured to the cup, a diaphragm in the cup, a needle carried by the diaphragm, a membrane at one end of the needle, a pin at its other end, a valve for closing the passage of the casing, a lever, pins carried by the lever, a door, and a link connecting the lever to the door, said door being adapted to operate the lever through the link for closing the valve, and engaging the pins for locking the needle in position.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMANUEL V. LORIG. ULYSSES G. GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

F. S. PUTNAM, J. LEVY.

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